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1-[(2-Vinyloxy)ethoxy]ethyl acetate (1) was prepared by the addition reaction between ethylene glycol divinyl ether and acetic acid. 1 contains both a cationically polymerizable C=C double bond and a dormant initiating moiety for cationic polymerization. It can, therefore, undergo self condensing cationic polymerization in the presence of a Lewis acid activator, such as zinc chloride. Using this procedure, a novel dendritic polymer consisting of vinyl ether was prepared and its hyperbranched molecular structure confirmed by FT-IR and 1H NMR spectra.
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Zhang, H., Ruckenstein, E. Dendritic polymers from vinyl ether. Polymer Bulletin 39, 399–406 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002890050165
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